Workforce Planning Manager

Job DescriptionWe are seeking for a Workforce Planning Manager to own workforce and personnel-cost planning for an assigned business, country, function or multi-market scope. Working closely with People, Finance and business stakeholders, you will lead planning cycles, challenge assumptions, reconcile workforce and financial plans, and turn workforce data into clear scenarios and recommendations for business decisions. You will play a key role in strengthening planning standards, data quality and alignment between People and Finance. Key Responsibilities Own end-to-end workforce planning for the assigned scope across annual budget, forecasts and multi-year planning cycles.Lead planning discussions with People, Finance and business stakeholders, challenging assumptions and driving alignment on headcount, capacity and personnel costs.Act as a subject-matter expert on workforce-planning standards, including positions, vacancies, hires, exits, compensation, transfers, recharges and restructuring impacts.Manage workforce assumptions and movements in Anaplan WFP and ensure alignment with the P&L module in partnership with Finance.Own WFP-to-P&L reconciliations, investigate variances and drive timely resolution of data or process issues.Lead monthly workforce performance reviews, explaining headcount and personnel-cost variances and highlighting key risks and opportunities.Develop workforce scenarios and sensitivities covering growth, attrition, vacancies, compensation, productivity and restructuring, and translate findings into clear recommendations.Maintain workforce reports and dashboards, ensuring data quality, consistency and traceability across Anaplan, Workday/HRIS and Finance sources.Identify planning risks and dependencies, drive follow-ups and ensure actions, approvals and deadlines are completed.Lead selected process improvements, including planning standards, controls, documentation, testing and adoption of workforce-planning tools.Provide functional guidance and quality review to analysts and planning contributors where required.